Difference Between: Elixir Violet, Beatles Psychedelic Purple, And Lavender Purple.

[Jip]

Hey guys, has anyone used these inks?

 

I have the Lavender Purple, which I like a lot since it gives a nice almost black deep purple, which in bright light suddenly shows its true purple colour.

 

I am wondering about the other purples Montblanc has. Has anyone done a comparison?

 

Lavender Purple

Psychedelic Puprle

Violet de Cobalt

 

Thanks in advance!

[Cyrille81]

Hello,

 

I have the 3 but never had the 3 inked at the same time in my pens. I'm not sure I already tested the Elixir Violet. To be honest the Psychedelic Purple and the Violet de Cobalt are really close and the only difference is the Elixir one is less saturated than Psychedelic. It is also the case between the Unicef and the Azure:

 

 

So for me the difference of price between the 2 inks doesn't necessary worth it. The difference between the Lavender Purple and the 2 others is more important. You have an example with the Lavender Purple:

[Michael R.]

I have all three inks. I'll try to get more comparison shots for you on Sunday :-)

Like stated above, Lavender is the darkest, with slight red/aubergine tones. Psychedelic is a true medium but intense purple.

Violet de Cobalt is a lighter slightly faded purple. If you like intense, dark or flashy inks you might be disappointed.

 

This is Cobalt:

 

P1390665 by meisterstücke, auf Flickr

 

P1390650 by meisterstücke, auf Flickr

 

Psychedelic is the top one, Lavender is one of the two below (I forgot which is which of the two darker ones :-( ).

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[Jip]

Good to know that the Lavender seems to be my personal winner. Now I know I do not have to buy the others, or be afraid one of the others is nicer in my opinion.

 

Thanks for the effort!

[thygreyt]

I think lavander is the one after beatles, the thing is the sheen is usually rare on regular writing. maybe it showed up because its a swab?

[AlohaLani787]

I have all three inks as well. Here is a sample on Rhodia.

[desidude02]

Lavender purple for the win!! Its quite mystifying.

 

My daily ink.

 

Steve

Edited December 11, 2018 by desidude02

[thygreyt]

Although not readily apparent on that post, Lavander has a lot of shading.

 

See my post of a writing sample from another thread

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/338961-purple-ink-recommendation/?p=4095873

[bryanhaas]

Although not readily apparent on that post, Lavander has a lot of shading.

 

See my post of a writing sample from another thread

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/338961-purple-ink-recommendation/?p=4095873

 

It also seems to have a fair amount of sheen bordering each character. I can see that golden yellow outline fairly well.